Self portrait with paper bag over head – 2001
This oil painting on unstretched canvas was a self portrait I did outside of class hours while I was studying for my graphic design degree. I like the idea of making self portraits where you can’t see my face, or my face is obscured or distorted in some way. (Like Salvador Dali’s ‘Self Portrait with Fried Bacon” for example). I used the name Bob to add to the mystery of the painting. The viewer can only take my word for it that it is indeed a self portrait, and not a portrait of ‘Bob’.